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American History.United States: Local History and Description.The South. South Atlantic States.South Carolina.General Works. Histories.
South Carolina on the mapsilhouette map of South CarolinaFacts and Figures

Location Mid-Atlantic coast
Bordered By North Carolina, Georgia

Total Area (rank) 32,007 sq mi (40th)
Greatest Distance E-W 273 mi
Greatest Distance N-S 210 mi
Geographic Center 13 miles southeast of Columbia
Coastline 187 mi
Highest Point Sassafrass Mountain; 3,560 ft
Lowest Point Atlantic Coast; sea level

Population (rank) 4,012,012 (26th)
Largest Cities Columbia, Charleston, North Charleston, Greenville, Rock Hill, Mount Pleasant, Spartanburg, Sumter, Hilton Head Island, Florence

Capital Columbia
Local Administration 46 counties

Principal Industries textiles, manufacturing, tourism
Principal Manufactures
Agricultural Products tobacco, soybeans; poultry, cattle, hogs; dairy products
Minerals

First Explored By Francisco Gordillo in 1521
First Permanent Settlement Albermarle Point, by Englishmen, in 1670
Ratified Constitution (rank) May 23, 1788 (8th)


Charleston

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